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Experiment
Oil Spill Clean-Up Demo
Try to clean up a mini oil spill and learn why prevention matters.
30 min Medium
📋 What You'll Need
- •A wide bowl of water
- •Vegetable oil (2 tablespoons)
- •Dish soap
- •Cotton balls
- •A spoon
- •A feather (from a craft store or found on a beach)
👣 Step by Step
🔍 What to Observe
- •What cleaned up the oil best?
- •Did the soap break the oil into smaller drops?
- •Why is it so hard to clean oil off a bird's feathers?
💡 Tips & Safety
- •Real oil spills coat birds and marine life, making feathers lose their waterproofing.
- •Soap breaks oil into smaller drops but doesn't fully remove it from feathers.
- •This is why preventing spills is far easier than cleaning them up.